Began acting during his undergraduate years at Tufts

Stage debut in a small part in a college production of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"

Taught junior high school English and math in NYC for seven years

Returned to stage full-time with an appearance in a Joseph Papp production of "Macbeth"

Feature debut (under the name Daniel Hedaya), "The Passover Plot", an Israeli-produced Biblical suspense movie

TV-movie debut, "The Prince of Central Park"

Performed on the NY stage with Al Pacino in "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel"

American film debut, "The Seduction of Joe Tynan"

Acted with Kevin Kline in "Henry V" at the New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park (summer)

Received excellent notices for a rare lead in "Blood Simple", the first film from the Coen Brothers

Appeared in recurring role of Nick Tortelli, Carla's (Rhea Perlman) first ex-husband, on the popular 80s TV sitcom, "Cheers"

Starred as Nick Tortelli on the "Cheers"-spinoff, "The Tortellis"

Joined cast of NBC sitcom "Home Court"

Played Nixon in Andrew Fleming's comedy "Dick"

Cast as a corrupt policeman in "Shaft"

Co-starred in "The Crew"